Effect of shape and coating of a subretinal prosthesis on its integration with the retina

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-29

  Butterwick, A ^a   Huie, P ^a,c   Jones, B W ^b   Marc, R E ^b   Marmor, M ^c   Palanker, D ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

fibrosis; gliosis; neural interface; retinal migration; retinal plasticity; retinal prosthesis; subretinal implant

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM OXIDE; METAL DERIVATIVE; PARYLENE; POLYMER; SILICON DERIVATIVE; SILICON OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FIBROSIS; GLIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RAT; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA PROSTHESIS;

ANIMALS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; FIBROSIS; GLIOSIS; IRIDIUM; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OXIDES; POLYMERS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RATS; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL VESSELS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; XYLENES;

EID: 57549106953     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.09.018     Document Type: Article

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